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wandering

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徘徊的,流浪的,蜿蜒的流浪,夢話

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wander \Wan"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wandered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wandering}.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin
   to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See {Wind}
   to turn.]
   1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or
      with no definite object in view; to range about; to
      stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.

            They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
                                                  --Heb. xi. 37.

            He wandereth abroad for bread.        --Job xv. 23.

   2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
      astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.

            When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
                                                  --Gen. xx. 13.

            O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
                                                  cxix. 10.

   3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
      to rave; as, the mind wanders.

   Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
        swerve; deviate; depart.

Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
   a. & n. from {Wander}, v.

   {Wandering albatross} (Zo["o]l.), the great white albatross.
      See Illust. of {Albatross}.

   {Wandering cell} (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
      the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
      corpuscles of the blood.

   {Wandering Jew} (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
      of {Tradescantia}, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
      and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
      joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
      window boxes, etc.

   {Wandering kidney} (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
      kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
      directions; -- called also {floating kidney}, {movable
      kidney}.

   {Wandering liver} (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
      similar to wandering kidney.

   {Wandering mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the whitefooted, or deer,
      mouse. See Illust. of {Mouse}.

   {Wandering spider} (Zo["o]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders
      that wander about in search of their prey.

資料來源 : WordNet®

wandering
     n : travelling about without any clear destination; "she
         followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
         [syn: {roving}, {vagabondage}]

wandering
     adj 1: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change
            settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society";
            "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the
            profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy
            future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: {mobile}, {nomadic},
             {peregrine}, {roving}]
     2: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
        paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a
        winding country road" [syn: {meandering(a)}, {rambling}, {wandering(a)},
         {winding}]
     3: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life
        followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn:
         {erratic}, {planetary}]
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